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JOHN MARK SAILER
John Mark Sailer (Johann), 56, of Minneapolis died at home on Thursday, April 28th. There will be an inurnment service in June at the Barbot Funeral Home, Beulah. John was born on Oct. 1, 1959, at the old Hazen Hospital and was baptized at St. Matthew Lutheran Church with the late Geraldine and Ken Chase serving as his sponsors. He was Confirmed at St. Matthew, but moved to Beulah during his freshman year of high school. John graduated from Beulah High School in 1977 and pursued a degree in music at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. After a short teaching career in Wishek, he returned to school to earn another degree in elementary education. John moved to Minneapolis in 1985 and began his career in early childhood education at New Beginnings Child Care Center and Anew Dimension Child Enrichment Center. He was loved by both the staff and the children. His real passion for music was put to use at the Imagination Theater where he was a puppeteer, singer, and musician. John was also active in the Minnesota Composer's Forum, The Minnesota Chorale, and Intermedia Arts in his early career. John went back to school a few years ago and studied computer desktop support and networking at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College. John is also well known as a Germans from Russia historian and genealo-gist, a great polka dancer, and cook. He was passionate about animals, human rights, and his family. John is survived by his siblings: A. David (Nancy) Sailer of N. Chester-field, VA; Lana Dietrich, Romeo, MI; Sarah (Bruce) Drath, Tucson, AZ; Mary Speidel, Tucson, AZ; Peggy (Loren) Wiest, Hazen, ND; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews who loved him dearly, cousins, and friends. John is proceeded in death by his mother Hildegard (Isaak) (Sailer) Wal-lender, his father Armand W. (Bohrer) Sailer, his step-father, William Wallender, his infant brother, Albert, and a nephew, Ryan. Arrangements conducted by Barbot Funeral Home, Beulah and Hazen.
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